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...Nasser, who was initially wary of getting caught up in an election-year circus, has decided to attend congressional hearings set for this week. He has promised to release all company documents showing what Ford knew and when it knew it; his counterpart at Bridgestone/Firestone, CEO Masatoshi Ono, will also be there. Both are sure to incur the wrath of politicians fed up with what they view as stonewalling. "This whole thing stinks," said Representative Billy Tauzin, the Louisiana Republican who is chairman of the House Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection. "You can't tell me someone at Firestone...
...Marie Antoinette were guillotined) at one end and the Arc de Triomphe at the other, no longer looks French. Resembling a giant strip mall, it's not even particularly pretty. I believe it has two McDonald's. (And in the esprit d'egalite two Quicks, France's fast food counterpart.) It has a wildly popular Ben & Jerry's, Citibank, Planet Hollywood and even a Chicago Pizza Pie Factory. It's enough to make anyone cheer for Jose Bove. And I did. After all, France is Europe's first Republic and America's oldest ally. It has an entirely free educational...
There are exceptions, of course, to my anti-green condiment rule. Green chile sauce (? la Tabasco) is passable, I suppose, but even though it's often hotter than its red counterpart, it always seems a pale imitation. Green salsa is palatable, but generally brings to mind questions I'd rather not contemplate while eating, like: How did this color come into being? What sort of bizarre food colorings am I consuming? Could I use this salsa in a multimedia performance art project...
...have turned out to be the most hateful, intolerant group of all. The problem with the liberal flip-flop that's going on here is that it will bite who it's intended for first (conservatives and religious), then it will turn and bite the liberal and his Hollywood counterpart next...
...been transformed into a fellow who could crack jokes at his own expense, banter about kimchi recipes and show proper Confucian deference to the elder President Kim. "I am aware that one of your legs is not very comfortable," he remarked to his 74-year-old South Korean counterpart during the limousine drive from the airport to the capital. Clasping Kim Dae Jung's hands in a surprisingly touching show of warmth, he told the President, "I hope you stay here comfortably...